Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 1 Nov 2001 19:09:45 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 1 Nov 2001 19:09:34 -0500 Received: from jalon.able.es ([212.97.163.2]:17575 "EHLO jalon.able.es") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 1 Nov 2001 19:09:18 -0500 Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2001 01:09:06 +0100 From: "J . A . Magallon" To: Lista Linux-Kernel Subject: Re: cdrecord from ext3 [jamagallon@able.es] Message-ID: <20011102010906.E12958@werewolf.able.es> In-Reply-To: <20011031001846.A1840@werewolf.able.es> <3BDF576F.3A797933@zip.com.au> <20011031155934.A18608@werewolf.able.es> <200110311752.JAA06153@cesium.transmeta.com> <20011031192425.A1757@werewolf.able.es> <3BE04AA3.7010303@zytor.com> <20011102010824.C12958@werewolf.able.es> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT In-Reply-To: <20011102010824.C12958@werewolf.able.es>; from jamagallon@able.es on Fri, Nov 02, 2001 at 01:08:24 +0100 X-Mailer: Balsa 1.2.1 Lines: 19 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 20011102 J . A . Magallon wrote: On 20011031 H. Peter Anvin wrote: > > >That might work, although you might also have primed the cache; I would do >a reboot in between. > I'm redoing the tests to post the numbers, but my question is one other: could a sysct/proc-entry be added to force a cache cleanup ? I, say to kernel 'clean all the pages that are just cache'...much like sync dumps buffers. -- J.A. Magallon # Let the source be with you... mailto:jamagallon@able.es Mandrake Linux release 8.2 (Cooker) for i586 Linux werewolf 2.4.14-pre6-beo #4 SMP Thu Nov 1 17:30:48 CET 2001 i686 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/